Amanda Kristene Hawkins, 20, could receive up to 20 years in prison for each count when she's sentenced Dec. 12

Published Sep 27, 2018 at 8:29 AM

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A 20-year-old Texas mother whose two toddlers died after they were left for hours inside a hot vehicle has pleaded guilty.

Amanda Kristene Hawkins pleaded guilty Monday in Kerrville to two counts each of child abandonment, child endangerment and injury to a child in the June 2017 deaths of her two daughters, according to the Kerrville Daily Times.

Investigators believe Hawkins intentionally left 1-year-old Brynn Hawkins and 2-year-old Addyson Overgard-Eddy in her vehicle through the night and into the following day while she visited friends.